James kydd



(No Model.)

J. KYDD.

TAG HOLD-ER. No. 301,132. Patented July 1, 1884.

INVENTOR- NITED STATES JAMES KYDD, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,132, dated July 1,1884.

Application filed April 22, 1884. (No model.)

I of the United States, residing at New York city,

in the county and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Tag- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of an improved construction of wire holders forattaching marking-tags to woven fabrics, samples, mail matter, and otherarticles adapted for the connection of tags by means of hooks, the saidimproved construction being designed to provide tags that will holdbetter and be more reliable and durable, and will not be objectionableon account of projecting points, as heretofore constructed, ashereinafter fully de scribed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hook and tagand of a piece of fabric, with an arrow indicating the direction inwhich the hook is presented to the goods for attaching it. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the hook and tag and section of a piece of fabric,with an arrow indicating the way the hook is forced through the cloth.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the holder and tag and a piece of fabric,indicating the manner of detaching the hook from the fabric and Fig. 4is an end elevation of the holder.

I take a piece of rather stiff spring-wire and make a short pointedhook, a, on one end, turning it back toward the shank b a little morethan a right angle, and with a rather short bend, from which the pointis nearly straight to the end. From the hook a the shank b extends in astraight line, or thereabout, a suitable length for the shank, and hasan eye, 0, for connecting the tag (Z, said eye being formed by turning aloop on the shank. The tag (1 is then hooked into the loop, and the wireis coiled onceor twice, preferably twice, around the shank b at e,andfrom the last coil it is bent at f nearly parallel to shank a, and formsa guard, 9, that extends along close by one side of the point a andbears laterally against it by the set of the bend at the coil, and ashort distance beyond the point ,where it is doubled back at h overguard g,

forming part i, that extends back toward eye a about as much beyond thepoint in that direction as parts 9 and z extend the other way; but it isnot necessary to be exact as to the length of these parts. The parts i gand shank a are all in or about in one plane, except that it ispreferable to have part i bear a little to the side of part 9, on whichthe point a is located, as indicated in' Fig. 4, so that said point,which does not swing past or above part i, will rest close against theside of said part i not higher than the middle of it, sothat the saidpart i constitutes a shield to prevent the point from catching on thegoods or other objects with which such points do catch, except wheneffectually guarded and protected, and it will be seen that thearrangement is such that the movements of the hook and the guardwith'relation to each other for opening and closing are in a plane atright angles to the plane of the hook and its shank.

.To connect the holder with a woven fabric, 9', said holder will be heldby the thumb and finger of the right hand and turned over nearlyflatwise-that is to say, parallel with the plane of the fabric j, butnot entirely so-while the fabric is stretched with a little tension bythe left hand. Part 9 of the hook will then be placed on the uppersurface of the fabric, so that the edge of the fabric will be presentedto the holder at the angle between hook or and the part 9, whenbyalittle push of the holder against the edge of the fabric the guard 9will be forced open by springing laterally -that is to say,sidewise-away from the hook, and the point of the hook will be forcedback of the edge of the'cloth, to hook into it by turning the holder upto a plane perpendicular to the plane of the fabric, or nearly so, asshown in Fig. 2, and pulling the holder lightly in the direction of thearrow in Fig. 2. When the holder is to be detached from the fabric, itis to be again turned over parallel to the plane of the fabric, ornearly so, as seen in Fig. 3, and pushed much the same as for attachingit, but with a turn in the direction, as indicated by the arrow in Fig.3.

It will be seen that the guard g is only required to spring away fromthe side of the point laterally for opening to connect and disconnectthe hook, and the set of the coil 0, which forms the spring of theguard, may be such that the guard may bear with considerable pressureagainst the side of the hook without obstructing the opening of theguard for inserting the fabric between the guard and the hook, auditwill also be seen that the arrangement is such that the guard iseffectually prevented from swinging clear of the point of the hook inthe plane of the hook, so that thepoint cannot be exposed in that way,

' as in other hooks.

The shank on which the hook is formed may be rigid, the spring beingwholly in the guard, and said spring is mainly formed by the coil 6around the shank b. It will also be seen that the arrangement of theguard to open and close against the side of thepoint of the hook in aplane at right angles thereto insures the retention of the guard in itsposition at the point of the hook for preventing the point from catchingthe fabric and scratching the hands of the person handling the goodsmuch better than if the guard opened and closed and bore in the plane ofthe hook, because in such case the guard is liable to turn to one sideor the other and escape past the point of the hook by the resilience ofthe guard intended to keep the guard and the hook in contact, while inthis case the resilience of the guard has no tendency to turn the guardaway from its bearing-point.

WVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the hook to I), having an eye, a, for attachinga tag, (I, of a guardwire, 9, arranged to bear sidewise against the sideof the hook to open and close at right angles to the plane of the hook,for connecting or disconnecting the hook with the fabric, substantiallyasdescribed.

2. The combination, with the hook ab, having an eye, 0, for attaching atag, 01, of a guardwire, g, arranged to bear sidewise against the side.of the hook to open and close at right angles to the plane of the hook,for connecting anddisconnecting the hook, and having an extension, h,beyond the back of the point of the hook for a guide to direct thefabric into the angle between the guard and the point of the hook,substantially as described.

3. Thecombination, with the hook a b, having an eye, 0, for attaching atag, (I, of a guardthe hook, and having an extension, h, beyond the backof the hook, and a return-bend, 2', extending to a point forward of thepoint of the hook, and also having a lateral inclination from the planeof parts I) g in the direction of the point of said hook, foroverhanging it to protect fabrics from said point, substantially asdescribed. a

4:. The improved tag-holder, consisting of point a, formed on wire b,tag-eye 0, also one or more coils, e, of the wire around shank a, be-

tween eye 0 and the point, and also the guard g t, said guard beingarranged to bear laterally against the side of the hook, also to extendbeyond the back of the hook and to overhang and protect the point ofsaid hook, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES KYDD.

Witnesses:

WV. J. hIORG-AN, S. H. MORGAN.

